Herald reveals secret plans for M4 East tunnel

The front page article of the Sydney Morning Herald on 31 March detailed plans for a $9.7 billion extension of the M4, including tunnels under Marrickville linking the Airport and Port Botany to the M4 and Rozelle.

Plans for an M4 East have been on and off again for a while. The local member, Carmel Tebbutt vehemently denied there were any plans during the 2007 election campaign. However, leaked cabinet documents show that planning is underway. Indeed the state government has put in a bid for Infrastructure Australia funding for the 14 kilometres of tunnels.

The Herald quotes Roads Minister, Michael Daley, saying“We would love to build the M4 extension and if we can secure the help of the Federal Government then we will.”

Now the Herald reports that the Minister tried to pursuade Greens MP Lee Rhiannon to withdraw an order to produce documents in parliament. The government should come clean with the public rather than try and impose this scheme by stealth.

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